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What's "WIC"? I didn't see the acronym defined in the OP or your post.

by nickff 4y ago

worldmerge 4y ago
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic
pc86 4y ago
Commonly referred to as food stamps.
- kube-system 4y ago
  Often SNAP is called "food stamps", but they're similar: https://www.benefits.gov/news/article/439 https://www.benefits.gov/news/article/439
  - krzyk 4y ago
    I thought the 80ties behind iron curtain were bad because we had food stamps.
    - InitialLastName 4y ago
      Wait until you hear about Government Cheese [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
  - runako 4y ago
    The Food Stamps program became SNAP. These are both distinct from WIC. It is crucial that we have lots of programs with distinct eligibility criteria to make sure that poor people are suffering sufficiently.
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- runako 4y ago
  Food stamps was a different program, targeted at poor people more generally. It's now SNAP, and it does not require recipients to have children < 5 years old or be pregnant. 1 in 6 American kids live in a household that receives SNAP benefits. I don't have the stats handy, but some large plurality of Americans receive SNAP benefits at some point during their lives.
runako 4y ago
Aid specifically targeted at food and nutrition for women and children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIC
- notch656a 4y ago
  WIC is way overcomplicated for what it is. Just cut a check for the value of the goods you want to provide and be done with it. No excuse for the insane bloat and overhead associated with WIC.
  - mikestew 4y ago
    Just cut a check for the value of the goods you want to provide and be done with it. Are you under the assumption that your suggestion hasn't been tried (and subsequently found wanting)?
    - notch656a 4y ago
      Having shopped in some pretty impoverished area (and worked as a grocery store cashier for more than 1 year), WIC and EBT for people who were going to use the value for bad/other purposes is just giving cash with extra steps. What they end up doing is hawking the goods (or vouchers) on the street for diapers, the rent, crack, gas, whatever it may be they need the money for. Just cut out the bloat and give the cash, IMO.
  - runako 4y ago
    The bloat and overhead is necessary to ensure that poor people suffer sufficiently and prove that they deserve to eat.
  - coldpie 4y ago
    This is generally what advocates for these kinds of programs ask for. The bloat and overhead gets added by welfare opponents under the justification of "preventing abuse."
    - 4y ago
mikestew 4y ago
Social services for Women, Infants, and Children, primarily around supplemental food assistance and health care, IIRC: https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic
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What's "WIC"? I didn't see the acronym defined in the OP or your post.

by nickff 4y ago

What's "WIC"? I didn't see the acronym defined in the OP or your post.

worldmerge 4y ago

https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic

pc86 4y ago

Commonly referred to as food stamps.

kube-system 4y ago
Often SNAP is called "food stamps", but they're similar: https://www.benefits.gov/news/article/439 https://www.benefits.gov/news/article/439
- krzyk 4y ago
  I thought the 80ties behind iron curtain were bad because we had food stamps.
  - InitialLastName 4y ago
    Wait until you hear about Government Cheese [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
- runako 4y ago
  The Food Stamps program became SNAP. These are both distinct from WIC. It is crucial that we have lots of programs with distinct eligibility criteria to make sure that poor people are suffering sufficiently.
deleted 4y ago
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runako 4y ago
Food stamps was a different program, targeted at poor people more generally. It's now SNAP, and it does not require recipients to have children < 5 years old or be pregnant. 1 in 6 American kids live in a household that receives SNAP benefits. I don't have the stats handy, but some large plurality of Americans receive SNAP benefits at some point during their lives.

runako 4y ago

Aid specifically targeted at food and nutrition for women and children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIC

notch656a 4y ago
WIC is way overcomplicated for what it is. Just cut a check for the value of the goods you want to provide and be done with it. No excuse for the insane bloat and overhead associated with WIC.
- mikestew 4y ago
  Just cut a check for the value of the goods you want to provide and be done with it. Are you under the assumption that your suggestion hasn't been tried (and subsequently found wanting)?
  - notch656a 4y ago
    Having shopped in some pretty impoverished area (and worked as a grocery store cashier for more than 1 year), WIC and EBT for people who were going to use the value for bad/other purposes is just giving cash with extra steps. What they end up doing is hawking the goods (or vouchers) on the street for diapers, the rent, crack, gas, whatever it may be they need the money for. Just cut out the bloat and give the cash, IMO.
- runako 4y ago
  The bloat and overhead is necessary to ensure that poor people suffer sufficiently and prove that they deserve to eat.
- coldpie 4y ago
  This is generally what advocates for these kinds of programs ask for. The bloat and overhead gets added by welfare opponents under the justification of "preventing abuse."
  - 4y ago

mikestew 4y ago

Social services for Women, Infants, and Children, primarily around supplemental food assistance and health care, IIRC: https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic

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